Pretty darn excited! The split decision with Vancouver was tough to watch, but the note they finished on is exactly where they wanted to be heading to Nashville.
Peters looks to be in fine form so far as well and here's hoping that keeps up and we see that Bennett-Dube-Neal line out there tonight. If that line clicks, it's anybody's guess which one of the 3 top lines is going to see the most ice-time tonight.
Liking the adjustment to D tonight, even if that means we don't have all 4 forward lines threatening to score with Peluso in. There were definitely enough errors from the D last game that this change is welcomed. Seems like everything is addressed with the skaters, which is something we wouldn't have expected to see this early in the season last year.
I was also about ready to start the goalie carousel when game 2 looked to be more of what we saw in game 1, but Smith put together a few key saves that he can build on. Really hoping that he comes out of the gate ready tonight and we can stop looking down the bench so early in the season.
Happy we're seeing a team like Nashville right now. This'll be a good test to see who this team is going to be early.
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